1) about his injury: Rafa's said that he's motivated to recover ASAP & eager to be back on tour, but he needs to have a cold mind & be back only w/ guarantees to compete in the way he likes to compete.

2) about his participation in the DC SF: he has NOT given a definitive answer. He may or may not be back by then, it depends on his knee.

TENNIS – Rafael Nadal's PR man, Benito Barbadillo, spoke to Italian journalists at Flushing Meadows. He vented his frustrations with some members of the press that spread false rumours about Rafa. From New York G.Fazio, translated by P.Sassoon

Rafael Nadal’s doctor, Angel Ruiz-Cotorro of the Spanish Tennis Federation who has treated the 11-time Grand Slam champion since he was 14, tells Mundo Deportivo that Nadal’s injury "is annoying and painful, but not significant."

Ruiz-Cotorro said that Nadal suffers from the disease Hoffa's syndrome, which is "fat inflammation" behind the pat
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